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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
FROM WASHINGTON.

AT meeting of the National Republican
Committee in Washington on the Sbh Chi
cago was selected as the place and the 10Th
OF June as the time for holding the next
National Republican convention
HE Secretary OF the Navy in his annual
report on the Sbh says the appropriation for
the department. for the last fiscal year
amounted to 1913, 1870, 600 and the balance
available at the end of that period was
1894, 800, which has been reduced by De-
cember to %l64, 500. The appropriations
for the current fiscal year amount to
$26, 1872, 00O, and the estimates for the
year ending June 80, 1880, to 500, 427, 900.
THERE were 23S business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 9th against 2l5 the previous seven
days.
CHAIRMAN JONES, of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, issued q cal on the 9th
for the Republican National convention, to
be held in Chicago June 10, 1888, to nomi-
nae candidates for President and Vice
Pres dent of the United States
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10Th aggregated
81, 020 212, Ill, against $1,113, 277, los
the previous week As compared with the
corresponding week of 1856 the decrease
amounted to 1873 per cent
DURING the week ended on the 10th the
issue of standard silver dollars was S721,-
0S1, which is 800, 062 greater than that OF
the corresponding week of last year.
The belief prevailed ON the 10Th that the
Fisheries Commission would not attempt to
formulate general treaty, and that they
would try only to reach an agreement on a
protocol defining anew the meaning of GER
tain clauses of the treaty of 1918.
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THE EAST.

A NEW trial was denied Johann Most, the
New York Anarchist convicted of incendiary
speech, on the Sth, and he was sentenced
to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one
year.
AT a meeting on the Sth OF the National
Committee of the Union Veteran Legion at
Pittsburgh, Pa, it was voted to hold the
next National meeting at Youngstown, o,
February % next
THE Connecticut prohibitionists met in
State convention on the Sth at New Haven
and adopted a platform which declares
that the liquor question is the most impor-
tant political issue OF the day and asserts
the necessity of third National party.
Delegates to the National convention were
chosen.
On the 9th the tableware workmen in
nineteen fint-glass factories at Pittsburgh
Pa, to the number of fourteen hundred
We're ordered to strike because the rules and
scale adopted by the manufacturers did not
suit them.
THE steamer Algiers struck and sunk the
schooner Nellie S Jernell off Lewes, Del,
on the 9th, three of the latter's crew being
drowned.
JOHANN MosT's case has been appealed to
the New York Supreme Court, and the An
archist was released on the 9th in So, 900
bail.
HENRY GEORGE decided on the 10th not to
be candidate for the Presidency next year,
and not to put the Labor party into the
campaign.
Rev. CHARLES BERRY, of London, declined
the call to Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on
the 10th, alleging as his reason for so doing
the opportunity that is opened to him OF
doing national work in England
SAMUEL SPENCER was on the 105h elected
to succeed Robert Garrett as president of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
BY the fall of car in the shaft of coal
mine in Luzerne, Pa, on the 10th three
men were instantly killed and two fatally
and others seriously injured.
| FIRE on the 10th destroyed W. G. Pen
nypacker's barrel factory at Philadelphia
Loss, 100000
| Mrs. JOHN JACOB AsToR, wife of the mill
| ionaire, died on the 10Th at New York, aged
| siXty-one years
| THE loss of the ship Alfred Watts, bound
to Liverpool from Philadelphia, was report
ed on the 18th Twenty five persons were
drowned
IT was said on the 18th that the new
high-license law in Pennsylvania would
drive many saloon-keepers out of business.
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WEST AND SOuTH.

VIRGINIA Democrats III caucus at Rich
mond on the Sth nominated John s Bar
bour for the United States Senate, TO succeed
Senator Riddleberger, whose term expires
March 4, 1899
ADAM CHARLES, Andy Miller and William
Smith, negroes, who had assaulted Minnie
Myers, ten-year-old girl, were caught by
party of whites and blacks on the Sth near
Riyes, Tenn, and hanged
The Barnhill Coal Company of Cleveland,
O., failed on the Sth for $4,000
The Prohibition State Central Committee
met on the Sth in indianapolis and re-
solved to call an early convention next year
and nominate straight-out Prohibition
State ticket
MEREDITH & ALTMAN bankers at Silver
City, N. NJ, failed for a large amount on the
Sth
a BOMB was found at Logansport, Ind. on
the Sta in a box of holiday goods sent
from Chicago to Al Quaeley, of that city
A REPORT was filed on the 9th with the
Governor by the Illinois Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners upon the Chats
worth railroad disaster, censuring the Tcle-
do, Peoria & Western railroad management
for not keeping itself Informed of the con-
dition of its tracks
IN the case of John Arensdorf, on trial at
Sioux City, Ia, for the murder of Rev. DE-
Haddock, the jury returned q verdict of
mot guilty" on the 9th
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. LATER.

A NEW overland timetable makes the
time from Chicago to Sun Francisco three
days and fifteen hours.
The poSt-office at Norwood, Ont, was
robbed on the 18th of 81, 900 in cash,
$500 in stamps and $4,000 in notes and
securities
The State Oranges of Illinois, Wisconsin,
NJ chjgan and Ohio met in annual session on
the 18th, the first named at Springfield, the
second at Madison, the third at Lansing
and the fourth at Canton. - 9
AT Owensboro, Fla, two negroes who haG
assaulted white women were burned tc
death on the 18th by a mob.
The second National convention of third
and fourth class poStmasters of the United
States met in Washington on the 18Th
About two hundred and fifty postmasters
were present, representing twenty three
States
AN assignment was made ON the 18th by
saarle, Vanneman & Co. jobbers of notions
and white goods at Philadelphia Their liza
bilities were $3.50, 900
WHILE drunk on the 18th at Claremont,
Vt, Joel Grow 5her, aged twenty two years
choked his mother to death
THREE children of Henry Fawcett, living
near Point Pleasant, W. Va, were burned
to death on the 18th in the house in which
they We're locked while their father and
mother were absent
D. De CASTRO & Co., of New York, ship
ping and commission merchants failed or
the 18th for about 81, 100000
|. The National Italian line steamship Chan
dermagor landed 1927 Italian immigrants
in New York on the 18Th. A large part Of
them started for Chicago.
Four Illicit distilleries were discovered on
the 135h in Pickens County, Ga, by United
States officials. They had been in operation
over five years
The official vote on division in Dakota
shows that North Dakota gave a majority OF
10000 against division and South Dakota a
majority of Is, 92S for it
The trial, of Benjamin E Hopkins, for.
| merly assistant cashier of the Fidelity Bank
was begun in Cincinnati on the 18Th
Hopkins is charged with misapplying the
funds of the bank
BILLS were introduced in the United
States Senate on the 18th to remove the
limitation in the payment of arrears of
pensions and to equalize the rates; to ex-
extend the Congressional term till the last
Tuesday in April; to amend the Inter State
commerce act; to open the great Sioux res
ervation in Nebraska to settlement; to tax
manufacturers and dealers in adul5erated
lard, and requiring it TO be stamped; to reg
ulate the holding of Congressional cleo.
lions in South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi
and Louisiana The Committee on Priv
Ieges and Elections decided the West Vir-
ginia contested election case in favor oil
Mr. Faulkner. In the House a large number
OF executive communications were present.
ed by the Speaker and appropriately re-
ferred- The Committee on Elections was
announced and accepted Adjourned to
the 16sh
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U. S. GuNBoAT. No. 9.

seaworthy and not worth repairing, and ordered
Sold having had put upon her between 1875 and
1887 the additional sum of $5T7, 1871. She
brought $34 525 at the auction sale. She had
cost the Government S380J,000 in round num-
bers and had done about ten years of active
service, outside of repar-shops and navy
yards
Of naval reserve the report says: 'The de-
partment has informed itself fully of the differ
emit systems of organization for coast defense
and naval reserves at present in force in foreign
countries, and is prepared to formulate II gener-
al plan for similar organization to meet the
requirements and conditions Of our own institu.
lions. It should resemble in organization that
of the militia or National guard, rest upon the
foundation of local interest. contemplate the
employment and rapid mobilization of steamers
enrolled on an auxiliary navy list, and be calcu-
lated to produce the best results upon COM
paratively small National expenditure"
The rest of the report is devoted to a de-
tailed description of the condition and situa-
ton OF the several vessels belonging to our
navy, TO the receipts and expenditures of the
department Ga balance Of $50, 59222 On hand
and available on December y, TO estimates and
appropriations for next year lover g. 100000 less
than for the current year,, to sales made Of
naval vessels, to Developments made in speed
of vessels throughout the world, and to reports
of the Admiral and the several bureaus of the
department
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TIE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY, Dec. I'm the Senate a
resolution to ascertain whether any patent
had been issued for the manufacture OF
sugar from sorghum was adopted No other
business was transacted The House was
not in session.
THURSDAY, Dec s. "A few department
communications were read in the Senate,
after which an adjournment was taken to
the 18th. In the House a few resolutions
were introduced relating TO amendment OF
the rules, and then the body adjourned to
the 18th.
MONDAY, Dec. 12.-In the Senate 594
bills and joint resolutions We're intro
duced among them being the following:
For pensions to all who served during the
war; to prohibit the manufacture, importa-
ton or sale of Intoxicating liquors in the
United States; to appropriate 1926, 377,-
800 for sea-cOast defenses; to establish a
postal telegraph; for the admission of Da-
kota and Washington Territories as States;
for ID constitutional amendment in relation
to bigamy and polygamy;. to REIN
burse the several States for in
terest paid on war taxes; to prohibit the
letting Of Government work to contractors
employing convict labor: for a constitu-
tional amendment extending the right of
suffrage; requiring ten years residence be-
fore foreigners can declare their intention
to become citizens of the United States, ex-
cept that in the case of those arriving before
they reach The age of twenty-one years a
residence of six years only shall be required;
appropriating 81 645 900 to erect public
buildings; to reimburse prisoners of war
and nurses who were in the military OF
naval service during the war of the rebel
lion; to restrict the ownership of real es-
tate in the Territories to American. citizens;
to provide for the inspection of meats
for expectation, and to prevent the impor-
tation of adulterated articles. The COM
mittees were announced. In the House
Speaker Carlisle requested that the mem
bers select the Committee on Elections A
number of propositions to amend the rules
were submitted, to be referred when the
committees were appointed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EDWARD HARRINGTON, member of the
British Parliament, was sentenced to a
months imprisonment on the Sta for pub
fishing reports of meetings of suppressed
branches of the National League.
MExICANs on the 9th lynched Cecilio Bar
rea and Vivian Diez near Rio Grande City
Mex, for kidnapping Senior Barrea last Au-
gust
ADyICEs from the Orkney Islands of the
9th report the loss of twenty smacks in a
hurricane. ~
DELEGATES of the Scotch Home Rule
Union, who have been making tour of Ire
land, declared on the 9th that the coercion
measures of the Government were ineffect-
i've, and reported themselves as more than
ever in favor of the demands of the Nation
alists.
The town of Bayispe, Mex, was entirely
destroyed by the recent earthquakes, and
the peopla were wild with fear on the 9th
and were starving:
The two sons and daughter of NJ LIE
doux, at Beleoil, Can, fell through the ice
while skating on the river ON the 9th and
were drowned.
The failure is announced Of Armstrong
Brothers & Co., of Glasgow, the largest iron
operators in Scotland.
The officials of the States of Sonora and
Sinaloa, Mex, are making strenuous efforts
to rid the country of the famous bandit
Bernal and his desperate followers Several
conflicts resulting in loss on both sides
have occurred recently between the troops
and the outlaws. 1t was estimated ON the
10Th that Bernal's band had killed nearly
two thousand people during the last year
and destroyed more than two Thousand
towns
A WoULD-BE assassin named Aubertine
made an attempt upon the life of Jules
Ferry, ex-Prime Minister and one of the
most influential politicians in France, in the
lobby of the Chamber of Deputies on the
105h. The man fired three shots from a re :
vo.ver at NJ. Ferry, two OF which took effect,
intlicting serious wounds.
BY the burning of the linseed-ol millsIat
Dritfield, Eng, loss of $3.50 1000 was
caused on the 18th.
TWENTY persons were killed by the recent
hurricane in the Orkney Islands
NJ IIRARD succeeded on the 18th in form
ing new Cabinet for France.
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At Elmwood, Tex, the Red river over
flowed its banks on the 9th, destroying a
large portion of the cotton crop in that
vicinity.
MASKED men dragged Mrs Kingston
Br own and her eighteen year-old son from
their home at East Bernard, Col, on the 9th
and murdered them. No cause was kno wn
for the crime.
The Grand Army of the Republic will
hold its next National encampment at CO.
lumbus, o., during the second week of Sep
TENDER
The death of Benjamin Rush Plumley,
one of the early Abolitionists, and an asso-
ciate of Garrison and Phillips, occurred at
Galveston, Tex, on the 9th, at the age of
seventy-seyen years.
CRUISE RoDERIoUEz was hanged at UTalde,
Tex, on The 9th for the murder Of Papebo
Garcia. He protested his innocence to the
last.
A VALUABLE horse died from hydrophobia
in Chicago on the 9th, caused by the bite
of a dog.
AT Bear City, Kan, a gang of horse
thieves was attacked by citizens on the 9th
and three of the former were killed
JUDGE MORGAN l. MARTIN, the founder of
the city Of Milwaukee, died on the 10th at
Green Bay, Wis. aged seventy-two years.
A TRAIN on the St Louis, Arkansas &
Texas railroad was stopped on the 10th by
robbers near Texarkana, Ark. and the ex-
press car was robbed of over $4,000 in
money.
THE death occurred on the 18th at What
com, W. T., of l. S. Kalloch, whose quarrels
with Charles De Young, editor Of the San
Francisco Chronicle, led to the shooting of
the latter by Kalloch's son.
TIE house of Michael Harris, a farmer,
near Washington, D. T., was burned on the
10th, and Mrs Harris and six children per-
isled in the flames.
The authorities closed two breweries at
Des Moines, Ia, value;' at 100000, onsthe
10Th
SEVEN of the leaders at Cincinnati of the
Ohio tally-sheet forgeries of 1885 were in
dicted on the 10th
On the 10th an old man was numerically
whipped and almost drowned by White
Caps at English, Crawford County, Ind
and lynching parties We're being formed to
punish the miscreants
On the 18th E. L. Harper, the Fidelity
Bank wrecker, was found guilty at Cincin-
natl, as set forth in the thirty-three counts
of the Indictment, and was sentenced to ten
years in the Ohio penitentiary,. whittier he
was taken in the afternoon.
The large wholesale boot and shoe estab-
l;shment Of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, in
Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the even
ing OF the 18th, causing loss of $500, 600
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THE BOSTON.

manufactures Of steel forging for heavy guns,
of armor for iron-clad vessels, and of machine
and rapid firing guns. All these manufactures
are now in process of construction 0uder con-
tracts with the department. The plant at Beth
lehem, fa;i for the production of armor and gun
steel is to be second to none in the world.
The Secretary says it was d mistake for this
country to depend on any other cou1tfy for i'm
plements of war, because in time of warsGch
implements would be conJraband and when
most needed could not be obtained. Accord
ingly the department declined to make any pur-
ehases Of theHotchkss arms except on condition
that mahufactery be established in this coun-
try. The condition was accepted, and now the
Hotchkiss Company has found that it can man.
ufacture secondary batteries for ships cheaper
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

found to be almost useless in coast defense.
But, says the Secretary. the weapon of the
torpedo boat is the most destructive known,
and the department hopes soon to find some
effective way to use it. The submarine torpedo
boat is believed to be the coming solution of
the problem. The pneumatic dynamite gun is
also receiving some attention, and tests are to
be made of its efficacy in few months. If both
these devices fail, says the Secretary, protected
torpedo boats can be built and made useful.
An interesting feature of the report is that
relating to the Tennessee. This vessel, be-
tween 1869 and 1875, had had three months SER
vice, and had cost in repairs and improve
ments 81, 1859. Plan amount largely in excess
of a fair price for a new ship of her charac-
ter. The report goes on to say: Twelve
years afterward ION April 4, 1880 she
is condemned by the statutory board as I'M
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

IT is not generally known that the
worlds supply of pencil wood is drawn
from the gulf coast swamps on both
sides of Cedar Keys, and that the prod
ret Of the mills there is shipped not
only to the New York and New Jersey
factories, but also to Germany, and,
perhaps, other countries of Europe.
The industry gives employment to hun
dreds OF operatives, white and black,
and disburses large sums of money
That nothing may be lost, the sawdust
Is distilled in large retorts and the oil
extracted, every ounce of which finds
ready sale.
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Evangelical Alliance.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The General Chris
tan conference, under the auspices and di-
rection of the Evangelical ALL ance of the
United States opened in this city Wednes-
day, The object is to discuss measures up
on which all the denominations may be
brought to unite to meet certain new and
pressing emergencies Among the speakers
were President Dodge, Hon John Jay, OF
New York; DR.. S J. Mcpherson, of Chicago;
ex-United States Justice Strong, Prof HAL
mer Il. Boyeson and Bishop Hurst
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

600; the protected cruiser Newark, 81, 24S, 900;
protected cruiser No. 4, 1880, 900; protected
cruiser No. 8, 81 ,42S000; gunboat No (cruisel),
$780, 900; gunboat No 4 (cruiser). 100000; dyna-
mite cruiser Gncludlng dynamite guns, etc.,
900; first-class torpedo boat, S82, $50
Of coast and harbor defense, for which Con-
gress appropriated 100000, the Secretary says
little has been done. A board of officers, APP
pointed last August to consider the matter, has
reported, but the Secretary has not yet re-
viewed the report. Two dds have been re-
celved for the construction of one first-class
torpedo boat, and the Secretary thinks both
offers will be accepted. Beyond this" says
the report. 1.-The department is not disposed
TO go into the construction of these unpro-
tee. ed torpedo boats" since They have been
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The prnhihifinnistS-

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE Executive Com;
mittee of the National Prohibition party at
a meeting held at the Sherman House yes
terday discussed at length the basis
of representation for the next Pro-
hibition convention, and it was de-
cided that the chairman of the
National Committee in calling the
convention should be authorized to ask
that one additional delegate for each ], 900
of the Prohibition vote should be sent to
the Indianapolis convention The conven-
ton will be organized by the delegates pro-
vided for by the National Committee, and
it will then be for it to decide upon the
question of admitting the additional dele
gates.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has q poor
opinion of Maine. He delivered three
lectures on his way to St John, N. B.
His total receipts were SIS and his ex-
pensos $50, He had to pawn his watch
in order to reach st, John because the
hotel man in Bangor would not lend
him S. For this reason Citizen Train
writes an cpitaph for Maine. The
State, he saws. is dead
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec 14-Co1onel Mar
shall Mcdonald, Chief Assistant to the United
States Fish Commission, was in the city
yesterday in one of the Fish Com
mission cars returning from St Paul.
Preparations are being made for tho extern
sion of the work on the lakes. Last year
the Government planted 10000, 900 shad,
while the individual States planted $780,
900, 900 In few weeks 80, 900, 900 eggs
will be sent to the station at Erie, Pa.
Colonel Mcdonald has just established a
new station at Duluth 1t will cost $10,-
900, and work viii be commenced early in
the spring.
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AN American traveller with a

AN American traveller with letter
of credit entered bank in Vienna in
which there was big barricade in
front of u long desk and two small
holes cut in for the convenience of
customers. He walked up to the first
OF them. A man came. He handed
the letter of credit to him. The man
looked at it and said, very grufly:
Next window" The traveller went
to tie next window. A man came up,
took his letter of credit looked at it,
smiled pleasantly, and said: That's
all right. How much do you wish tc
draw, sirP" 1t was the same man.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

IT is said that there are more mill
ionaires in Buenos Ayres than in any
other city OF its size in the world.
Many of the private houses in the city
have been built ut cost of over
$1,000, 900, and one of the banks has a
paid-up capital OF $57, 900, 900, with
deposits and a line of discounts aggro.
Calling S95. 100000.
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PETER HALDEMAN BURNETT, the
first American Governor of California,
has lately completed his cightieth
year He lives in San Francisco and
enjoys capital health. Senior Pho Pico,
the last Spanish Governor, is still liv-
ing in Los Angeles County. He is
nearly ninety years old.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-16

MANY people are under the delusion
that hard freezing destroys the vitality
of germs. Recent experiments in the
East have demonstrated that this is
untrue. The experiments of DR..
Pruden, of New York, show that
baciIli live and flourish in ice-water
In a single pint of ice-water made
from melted ice he found on the aver
age, by actual count, about 500, 900 OF
bacteria of various kinds. 1t is Just
as well for people to know where theil
ice is made, and for ice gatherers tc
know that collecting ice from impure
water is dealing in death.